List of dangerous sports Higher-risk sports The following types of sport are excluded from benefits: − Downhill mountain bike races incl. training on the − Training and competitions for teams that compete race course (downhill biking) in a predominantly professional league (football, − Bike jumps with acrobatic elements (e.g. back/front hockey, unihockey, skiing, cycling, bobsleighing, flips, 360-degree spins, no-handers or no-footers) motorcycling, climbing etc.) − Quadbike racing incl. training − Elite-level training and competitions (national squads − Downhill skateboard racing in competition or as well as junior/youth squads as per Swiss Olympic) where emphasis is on speed − Professional mountain guides − Snow-cross incl. training − Paraglider and hangglider flights as well as − Speed skiing parachute jumps − Speed-flying − Diving at a depth of more than 40 metres Absolute and relative risks − Hydrospeed/Riverboogie (navigating rapids lying Types of sport that are defined by Suva as involving front down on float) absolute or relative risks are also excluded from benefits: Other activities with a comparable level of risk are also Absolute risks deemed to be absolute risks. An absolute risk arises if an act involves a certain risk Relative risks that – irrespective of the specific circumstances – Benefits are also not paid for types of sport / activities cannot be reduced to a sensible level. An absolute involving high levels of risk where the usual rules or risk is also deemed to have arisen if there are no safe- safety precautions are substantially ignored. This guarding measures for an act associated with particularly includes, for example: significant risks. This is the case if the relevant act appears unreasonable or objectionable. This may − Mountain climbing, climbing or snow-sport activities include, for example: outside of marked pistes, where the usual precautions are ignored (e.g. insufficient equipment, − autocross, mountain, circuit and stock car racing experience or bad weather) incl. training; auto-rally speed tests; driving cars on race circuits, excl. driver safety courses − Paraglider and hangglider flights in extremely bad wind conditions − Cart driving: racing and training in vehicles with permitted speeds of over 100 km/h − Other activities where the objectively high risks were not reduced to a reasonable level are also deemed − Base jumping to be relative risks. − Full-contact competitions (e.g. boxing competitions) − Intentional smashing of glass − Extreme karate (smashing bricks, breeze blocks or thick boards with the side of the hand, head or feet) − Motocross races incl. training on the race circuit − Motorboat racing incl. training − Motorcycle racing incl. training and riding motorcycles on a race circuit (excl. driver safety courses) ÖKK3065e/03.21 ÖKK Kranken- und Unfallversicherungen AG Insurance that Bahnhofstrasse 13, P.O. Box, 7302 Landquart [email protected], 0800 838 000 makes sense..